Benny Latimore was
born in Charleston, Tennessee in 1939. His first professional
experience came as a pianist for various Florida-based groups
including Joe Henderson and Steve Alaimo before securing a contract
with the Dade and Glades labels of Florida under the name "Benny
Latimore."

Latimore's first regional hit was a disparate cover of T-Bone
Walker's "Stormy Monday," yet his first national charter was a cover
of Gladys Knight's "If You Were My Woman" (#70 R & B). In 1974
Latimore dropped a single that made him a star. "Let's Straighten It
Out" shot to #1 on Billboard's R & B singles chart and it even
crossed over to Pop at #31. Hissecond LP, "More,
More, More" dropped soon after. He continued to hit the charts
for the remainder of the 1970s with Glades Records with songs like
"Keep The Home Fires Burning" (#5 R & B) and "Somethin' 'Bout Cha"
(#7 R &B). The hits dried up in 1980 with the poor showing of
"Discoed To Death" (#68 R & B)

Latimore found a new home with Malaco Records in 1982, resulting in
seven albums worth of modern Soul music. He briefly exited the label
in 1994 and released an uninspired effort for the J-Town label ("Turning
Up The Mood") before returning for one last hurrah for Malaco in
2000 with "You're Welcome To Ride". Next he recorded
one album with Mel Waiters' label Brittney Records called "Latt
is Back", inexplicably adding a second "T" to his name. ("Lattimore").

A dry
spell followed with nothing new surfacing on Latimore before
collaborating on a new record label with Henry Stone called LatStone.
The label proceeded to issue Latimore's first new album in six years
called "Back 'Atcha", which includes one of his best songs in
years, "My Give A Damn Gave Out (A Long Time Ago)".

Album
Discography

"Latimore" (Glades 1973)

Tracks: Jolie/If You
Were My Woman/Take Me to the Pilot/Willoughbly Grove/Power and the
Glory/(Be Yourself) Be Real/So Much Love/For What It's Worth/(They
Call It) Stormy Monday

"More, More
More" (Glades 1974)

TRACKS: Ain't Nothing
You Can Do/Snap Your Fingers/That's How It Is/Let's Straighten It
Out/Ain't Nobody Gonna Make Me Change My Mind/I Don't Know/Put Pride
Aside/Every Day I Have the Blues

"Latimore lll" (Glades 1975)

Tracks: Keep The Home
Fire Burnin', Qualified Man, Are You Where You Wanna Be, There's A
Red-neck In The Soul Band, Ladies' Man, Leave Me Alone, Just One
Step, She Don't Ever Lose Her Groove.

"It Ain't Where You Been" (Glades 1977)

TRACKS: It Ain't Where
You Been/Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha/All the Way Lover/Sweet
Vibrations/Let's Do It in Slow Motion/Let Me Go/I Get Lifted

"Dig A Little Deeper" (Glades 1978)

TRACKS: Long Distance
Love/Out To Get 'Cha/We Got To Hit It Off/Ain't Nothing Like A Sweet
Woman's Love/Too Hot To Handle/Dig A Little Deeper/Tonight's The
Night

"Getting Down To Brass Tacks" (Glades 1980)

TRACKS: Take It All/Ain't
No Comin' Back/Life of the Party/Take Me to the Mountain Top/Yes We
Can/Joy/Do It Now/Discoed to Death

"Singing In The Key Of Love" (Malaco 1982)

1. Ain't Nothing You Can Do
2. Baby, Come & Lay Down
3. Bad Risk
4. Brother, Doctor, Sister, Nurse
5. Do That to Me One More Time
6. Here I Am Again
7. Let the Doorknob Hit'cha
8. Let's Get High on Each Other
9. Singing in the Key of Love

"Good Time Man" (Malaco 1985)

1. Cry to Me
2. Falling to Pieces Together
3. Good Time Man
4. She Didn't Love Me Like a Lady
5. Snuggle up With Somebody
6. Sometimes
7. Too Crowded in My Bed
8. Too Thin
9. Wake Me Up
10. We Ain't Through Yet

"Every Way But Wrong" (Malaco 1987)

1. Second Wind
2. Put Out Ther Fire
3. Every Way But Wrong
4. Body Shop
5. This Love Is Real
6. It Won't Get Better Than This
7. My Mind Went Blank
8. Sunshine Lady
9. There's No Limit to My Love
10. She's All That

"I'll
Do Anything For You" (Malaco 1988)

1. Hell Fire Lovin'
2. Out to Lunch
3. Let's Straighten It Out
4. You
5. I'll Do Anything for You
6. Sara Smile
7. One Shirt, Soulless Shoes
8. We Don't Make Love Anymore
9. Take Me Down

"Slow Down" (Malaco 1989)

1. Slow Down (But Don't Stop)
2. That's the Way That I Do It
3. Get up, Start Dancing
4. Breakdown
5. Careful Man
6. All You'll Ever Need
7. One Man, One Woman, One Love
8. Too Many Lovers
9. Paradise
10. Blues Territory
11. You Still Make Me Feel Good

"The Only Way is Up" (Malaco 1991)

1. I Need a Good Woman Bad
2. Only Way Is Up, The
3. Take Me to the Mountain Top
4. If I Wasn't a Gentleman
5. Home Away from Home, A
6. It Ain't What's on the Woman
7. Stop Half Loving These Women
8. I'm Going to Try to See Her Again
9. Here Comes That Woman of Mine
10. Can't Stop

"Catchin' Up" (Malaco 1993)

1. Lay Another Log on the Fire
2. Meet Me in the Middle of the Bed
3. Skinny Little White Girl
4. Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
5. Snatching It Back
6. Catches up on Love
7. I Smell a Rat
8. Shake the Sheets
9. If I Had Loved You More
10. Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha
11. Feed Your Hungry Man
12. Deal Down and Dirty

1. Whoop That Thang on Me
2. Quiet Time (Turnin' up the Mood)
3. Little Black Book
4. I Was Never There for You
5. Love You Like a Man Possessed
6. I'll Start All over Again
7. People Lie
8. Put Yourself in My Place
9. 'Bout Us
10. I Want You Back
11. Love Has Got Me
12. You Still Move Me

1. Country Woman
2. You Can Count on Me
3. Take Me (Just as I Am)
4. You're Welcome to Ride
5. You've Still Got the Touch
6. Midnight Snuggin'
7. One Love Too Late
8. Pretty Women
9. I'm a Married Man
10. I'm an Old Dog
11. You're Not Feelin' It

1. There She Is
2. Ain't Gonna Cry No More
3. Girl I Got News for You
4. The Power and the Glory
5. It Was So Nice While It Lasted
6. Move and Groove Together
7. Love Don't Love Me
8. Life's Little Ups and Downs
9. It's Just a Matter of Time
10. I'm Just An Ordinary Man
11. I'll Be Good to You
12. I Pity the Fool
13. Have a Little Faith
14. I'm a Believer
15. Rain From the Sky
16. I Can't Go On

1. City Life
2. Drown in My Own Tears
3. Around the World
4. Every Day Is a Beautiful Day
5. Obama and the Fat Man
6. Don't Give Up on Our Love
7. Every Day I Have the Blues
8. Pass the Piano Blues
9. Singing and Playing the Blues
10. Mr. Right Now
11. Around the World - (Remix)

1. Take Me To The Mountain Top
2. Something 'Bout 'Cha
3. Keep the Home Fires Burnin'
4. Dig a Little Deeper
5. Stormy Monday-Everyday I Have the Blues
6. I Get Lifted
7. City Life
8. My Give Damn Gave Out
9. Around the World
10. Let's Straighten It Out (Extended)

1. A Woman's Love
2. Made in America
3. All Said and Done
4. Dance With Me
5. Big Ol' Pretty Girl
6. Bow Wow (I'm an Old Dog)
7. Sleeping With the Enemy
8. Cat Got My Tongue
9. What You Won't Do for Love

1 A Taste of Me
2 At Last
3 I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
4 Since I Fell for You
5 You Are so Beautiful
6 What a Difference a Day Makes
7 Dig a Little Deeper
8 Let's Straighten It Out
9 The Very Thought of You
10 Cry Me a River
11 Smile